Archives for September 2005

September 26, 2005

Biggest Complaint Against Nano

If you have been to any iPod Nano Forum lately, you probably have noticed a growing complaint against the Nano, a screen that scratches easily. I’m not sure if Apple will do anything. Maybe, a total recall. I wish. If they do, I would like to include my iPod Photo. The screen of the iPod Photo gets easily scratched as well.

In fact, this is my second iPod Photo. The first unit I received was replaced. I returned it to an Apple store in Palo Alto since it was scratched by an Apple employee while putting on a case protector that I bought from the store. Since then, I have gotten several scratches on my iPod Photo. I don’t recall dropping or scratching the unit. The fact is iPod units scratch easily.

Scratches are especially annoying to iPods with Photos that need to display images on the screen. Any scratch will only distort the images on the screen. I think the iPod as a whole is a delicate product. Even the metal casing scratches easily. Is there a reason why this guy holds the Nano like this? Hmmm.

Follow up: Apple recently announced it will repair the broken screens for free!

September 23, 2005

In the Eye of the Storm

When I was kid living in the Philippines, I experienced being in the eye of a hurricane or typhoon as they are called in Asia. A typhoon passed over in the town where we lived. In the eye, it was calm and it looked like a normal day, even the the sun came out, but there were dark clouds all around us, the eyewall of the typhoon.

In less than an hour, the winds picked up again as we rode out the back side of the typhoon. After the typhoon passed, I remembered seeing downed trees and missing roofs – all I can remember at the time.

After the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the nation is watching Hurricane Rita with much more interest from all levels of government and the people who are taking this hurricane much more seriously.

Rita’s response will be much different from Katrina due to lessons learned improving evacuation and emergency responses. Going forward, the nation has learned its lesson and will respond to disasters much more effectively than in the past.

September 23, 2005

Firefox Updates

Firefox 1.0.7 is out. The latest version fixes two security breaches reported last week. Unfortunately, there’s no automated updates feature yet, not until version 1.5 is out later this year. So, this means removing and re-installing a new version of Firefox.

I blinked and now Firefox 1.0.7.2 was just released! This mean removing and uninstalling one more time! I’m just going to keep on doing this until version 1.5 will be out.